Leaf-holder.



No. 821,142. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. H. V. WAGONER. LEAF HOLDERAPPLIGATION FILED NOV. 2, 1903.

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LEAF-HOLDER.

specification of Letters Patent.

ratented May 2v2, 1906.

Application filed November 2. 1903. Serial No. 179,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY V. WAGONER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Leaf-Holders, of

l which the ollowin is a specification.

My invention re ates to improvements in paper-clips, files, or otherdevices for holding leaves or sheets of paper looselyT or underpressure, and has for its object the provision of means whereby thepapers may be securely held or retained when desired, such means,however, being capable of being released for the insertion or withdrawalof sheets of paper, the device at such times being held in an openposition without any effort on the part of the user.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, showing one form.in which my invention may be embodied, and in Which- Figure 1 is a planview showing the device in a clamping position, the cover being raised.Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the cover bein turned backuntil it is back of and paralle vice. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional viewtaken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing thedevice before tension or elastic stress is put upon the clip.

The device shown comprises a base 1, which is preferably secured to aboard 2 and forms a support for the pressureeclip 3. The ends of thebase 1 are preferably bent up to dform ears 4 for the reception of thehingero 7.

The pressure-clip 3 is preferably formed of spring-steel wire andcomprises coiled portions 8 8,`which turn on the hinge-rod 7 and anintermediate portion 9, upon which is sleeved a tube 10 and which formsa pressing edge. The pressureclip 3 normally turns freely upon the rod7, and the pressing edge may be raised above'the base 1 or thrown backinto a desired position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, wherebythe user retains the free use of both hands for arranging the paperswhich are to be held in the file. The clip 3 is referably operated bymeans of an arm 11, w ich is a continuation of one end of the wire bentinto such form that it and the coil 8 will be under an elastic stresswhen held b the catch L2. The papers having been p aced in properposition, the arm 11 is pressed down and outward so as to clear thecatch 12, against the lower surface of which with the base or back ofthe deit is held by elastic tension. It is evident that by this meansthe clip 3 is held down against the base l or the papers thereon byspring-pressure due to the elasticity of the coil 8 and the arm 11. When'the clip is so held, the intermediate portion 9, carrying the sleeve10, is in its lowest position, or whatwe choose to designate thework-engaging position. A button 14 forms a convenient enlargement forthe inger to press in operating the arm.

The cover 13 may be of any suitable material and is hinged upon a rod14. The ends of the rod are bent to form rods 15, whose ends are formedinto loops or eyes 1,6, which v receive the rod 7 The arms 15 are ofsuch length and shape that they enable the cover to swing back clear ofthe raised portion 17 of the base 1. As shown in the drawings, the arms15 fall into the notches 18 of the member 17 ,whereupon the cover 13 maybe turned upon its hinge-rod 14 until it occupies the position shown inFig. 2; but the arrangement of notches and arms which fall into them isnot an essential.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. In a leaf-holder, a base, a rod,means on said base for carrying saidrod, a wire clip having parts at or near its ends coiled about said rod,its intermediate portion forming a ressing edge, one end of said clipbeing proonged into an arm, a second rod and a cover hinged thereto, theends of said second rod being bent into arms terminating in eyes whichreceive said first rod, substantially as described.

2. Ina leaf-holder, a base, a rod, means on said base for carrying saidrod, and a wire clip having parts at or near its ends coiled about saildrod, its intermediate portion forming a pressing edge, one end of saidclip being formed into a handle whereby said cllp may be manipulated,and means on said base adapted to engage said handle and thereby causesaid wire c lip to press against said base, substantially as described.

3. In a leaf-holder, a board, a base mounted on said board, a rod, meanson said base for carrying said rod, a wire clip having parts at or nearits ends coiled about said rod, its intermediate portion forming apressing edge, one end of said clip being prolonged into an arm, acatch, said arm bein adapted to cooperate with said catch to ho d theclip in the c TOO IIO

1o and means released from its closed position to move freely on saidrod, substantially as described. 4. In a leaf-holder, a base, a rod,means on said base for carrying said rod, a cover carried by said Iod,and a Wire clip having parts I at or near its ends coiled about saidrod, its

said handle and thereby cause said Wire clip to press against saidbase'7 substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 26th day-ofOctober, 1903.

HENRY v WAGONER. In presence of JAMES J. CosGfRovE,l SAML. R. BETTS. w

